Acer releases MT6589 kernel source ahead of Liquid E2 launch 2

Acer releases MT6589 kernel source ahead of Liquid E2 launch
Ever since Mediatek launched their quad-core MT6589 chipset I have been waiting for kernel sources to be released for this platform. As Mediatek themselves don’t seem to pay any attention to the GPL we needed to wait for their customers to open the source code. This time Acer was first to step out with a ...

Mediatek launches MT6589 as first ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core

Mediatek launches MT6589 as first ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core
Today Mediatek took the stage to launch their newest contribution to the world of smartphone platforms. They presented nothing less than the much-anticipated quad-core MT6589 chipset. It is the successor to their extremely popular MT6577 dual-core product. As a little extra it is not only the first quad-core chipset in Mediatek’s portfolio but it is ...

Mediatek quad-core renamed to MT6589 1

Mediatek quad-core renamed to MT6589
Along with the availability of first Mediatek dual-core MT6577 phones the news of a quad-core successor came up. At first this chipset was said to be released end of 2012 and it went by the name MT6588.